Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] for [art] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But we still went on enjoying ourselves immensely for the officers handed us chocolates and were very kind . |
| 2 | I never for a moment blamed Malc entirely . |
| 3 | As yet my understanding of this was inchoate , but I never for a moment doubted that , while I might work hard and comprehend these studies quite thoroughly , the true meaning of my life lay somewhere else . |
| 4 | If you can imagine someone losing their job , the depression that actually causes , perhaps both within them and with their family , the idea of being able to take them away for a holiday to forget about things might be a good thing at the end of the day . |
| 5 | Losers instantly have their spur leg amputated with a machete , and we were shocked to find that a cock which even for a moment turns and runs has instantly lost . |
| 6 | Nero sends his luv and wants to put you in for the chariot racing next time . |
| 7 | . Yes , well we 're in French and it 's really boring Yes , well , I think I 'll turn you off for a minute hang on a minute , where 's the button ? |
| 8 | She never for a moment doubted Alain 's word . |
| 9 | Tonight we visit a village which is so proud of it 's gardens , it 's opening them up for the public to enjoy . |
| 10 | Well she she used to drink tea when she if I ever well I did n't invite her in for a coffee do , well I did n't to begin with did I ? |
| 11 | For him it would simply have been a matter of bringing the girl along , telling my mother she was coming with them and paying her handsomely for the hardship occasioned . ’ |
| 12 | Mike came down yesterday morning , mind you he had been on his own quite a lot , a lot of time yesterday for the day Josh , cos I went to Altrincham with me mum at half nine and it , I 'd taken him out for a walk to make sure he 'd had his walk and Mike did n't get up till gone half two and when he come down he 'd cut a report of Lisa 's on the floor |
| 13 | Clara could not count the times she had heard her mother declare that when she died she would be dead , and she would n't care what happened to her body , and for all site cared they could put her out for the dustman to collect sentiments which from the first had filled Clara with a vague alarm and horror , for they were clearly reasonable enough in their own way . |
| 14 | On application they literally digest smells by producing enzymes which attack the source of the odour , breaking it down for the bacteria to absorb . |
| 15 | And all of this would be fine , were it not for the questions raised by their art itself . |
| 16 | He also held , dubiously , that were it not for the corruptions imposed by state and law , men would develop bonds of instinctive solidarity which would make government unnecessary . |
| 17 | Mr. Collins 's letter to my constituent , which is extremely clear , states : ’ In the case of the rail link , there would have been no proposal to build a terminal , were it not for the need to provide one for the Channel Tunnel rail link . |
| 18 | Mr. Howell accepts that in the present case the governors did consult the local education authority on the admissions policy and that such policy was a reasonable one for a Roman Catholic school to adopt were it not for the duty to comply with parental preference imposed by section 6 of the Act of 1980 . |
| 19 | They read somewhat strangely , as if I had imagined the whole thing , or cooked it up for an April Fool joke . |
| 20 | I would have had another one on the third day as well , but I gave it up for the opportunity to go rabbiting with the lad who worked for Brian . |
| 21 | He held it up for the others to see and then threw it at the thin man contemptuously who automatically caught it in both hands . |
| 22 | It makes it 'ard for a girl to say no when she 's obligated . ’ |
| 23 | and er , they sent her er bouquet and a card for her birthday , she was seventy , and she wrote a letter back and she passed it around for every body to read , and there was , in her writing , which was very clear |
| 24 | The formulation of restraints upon State activities through the adoption ( often by consensus ) of Resolutions and Codes of Conduct within international organisations makes it hard for a State to claim non-party status , as it can to a treaty it has not ratified . |
| 25 | Entrenched competitors can make it hard for a supplier to win new orders . |
| 26 | Second , the British way of doing things makes it hard for a company to discover the identity of a suspected concert party-goer hiding behind a nominee . |
| 27 | Their presence made it hard for the women to rescue the corpses of the drowned , and many bodies had to be abandoned to them . |
| 28 | Ouch , I thought , that really hurt , and I clenched it tight for a moment to stop the pain , before looking to see the damage . |
| 29 | And monthly-payment forms of credit , also generally cheaper , tend to rule themselves out for the reasons given above . |